Algonquian language

/ælˌgɑŋk(w)iən ˌlæŋgwɪdʒ/

Other forms: Algonquian languages

Definitions of Algonquian language

1. noun

   family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
   synonyms: Algonquian, Algonquin

   types:

   Abnaki

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot

   Algonkian, Algonkin

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian

   Arapaho, Arapahoe

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Arapaho

   Blackfoot

   any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot

   Cheyenne

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne

   Cree

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree

   Delaware

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware

   Fox

   the Algonquian language of the Fox

   Illinois

   the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami

   Kickapoo

   the Algonquian language of the Kickapoo

   Malecite, Maleseet

   the Algonquian language of the Malecite and Passamaquody

   Massachuset, Massachusetts

   the Algonquian language of the Massachuset

   Menominee, Menomini

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Menomini

   Micmac

   the Algonquian language of the Micmac

   Mahican, Mohican

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican

   Nanticoke

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy

   Chippewa, Ojibwa, Ojibway

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa

   Pamlico

   the Algonquian language of the Pamlico

   Potawatomi

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi

   Powhatan

   the Algonquian language of the Powhatan

   Shawnee

   the Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee

   type of:

   American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language

   a dated term referring to any of the languages spoken by Indigenous people in the Americas